Assessing musculoskeletal conditions using observation, palpation, and orthopedic testing.
Developing personalized treatment plans that may incorporate various techniques like Swedish massage, deep tissue, myofascial release, and trigger point therapy.
Providing client education on self-care, remedial exercises, and lifestyle choices to support recovery and prevent further injury.
Maintaining comprehensive client records and adhering to professional standards of practice.
Collaborating with other healthcare professionals like physiotherapists and chiropractors to provide holistic patient care.
"massage therapy" means the health profession in which a person provides, for the purposes of developing, maintaining, rehabilitating or augmenting physical function, or relieving pain or promoting health, the services of

(a)assessment of soft tissue and joints of the body, and

(b)treatment and prevention of physical dysfunction, injury, pain and disorders of soft tissue and joints of the body by manipulation, mobilization and other manual methods;

"registrant" means a registrant who is authorized under the bylaws to practise massage therapy.

[am. B.C. Regs. 58/2015, s. 1; 31/2024, Sch. 2, s. 1.]